> Dont feel obliged to further discuss Just clarifying this one: > I do not understand why the option to do so would not have helped in the hacker issue. Bec

> Dont feel obliged to further discuss Just clarifying this one: > I do not understand why the option to do so would not have helped in the hacker issue. Because users aren't omnipotent. When a user need to parse some JSON, they'll reach to `JSON.parse`, which they either already know about or will find from a cursory search. That will have solved their problem so they will not likely look in detail for the dozen or so various options this method takes and won't consider the possibility of duplicated keys nor their potential nefarious impact. Hence why the defaults are so important. > it is important for me to try to argue against churn It's alright, I'm with you on this in general, just not in this particular case.